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The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design

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This is a great book for anyone interested in designing sustainable buildings. There are 7 sections - envelope, lighting, heating, cooling, energy production, water and waste and case studies- with different strategies in each. The sections are very clear and explain what each strategy is, how it's achieved, the problems and design considerations for each. Also there are lots of diagrams, charts and real-world examples. I would highly recommend this book it is very easy to read and it makes what may seem like complicated sustainable systems, easy to implement into your own designs.

As an architecture student, I have found this to be an ideal source for helping me incorporate green design strategies into studio projects. Time is always valuable during the design process and having all this data under one cover is sure to save you bundles of it. Filled with top-notch photos, written descriptions, and evocative sketches and illustrations, I can't recommend this book enough.

This is a great book, thats easy to use, clear and consise and even looks great on the coffee table (colour photos). This book is a helpful resource for those who are practitioners as well as those who need a guide to more informatively converse in green design strategy with their contractors/architects.

The book does a decent job of listing many of the green approaches to building. However, I found it lacking more of the details that would have made it more useful from my perspective. I am not an architect. Maybe those details are less necessary for someone with that background. As a future owner of what I hope to be a green home, this is a decent book. However, "Your Green Home" by Alex Wilson is probably a better introduction to the field.

I love this book, it is very detailed and easy to read. It is organized very well and is really helpful. It covers a lot of the basics of sustainable design. I do wish that it went more in-depth with a few things, but it is more of an overview type book.

I love this book. It doesn't go into too much detail about each design solution that it offers, but it gives you enough to pick the right strategies for your project and gives you a direction for further research. Each design solution presented even includes resources you can go to for this further research. I've used it at the beginning of almost every term project since I got it.

This is such a great resource. Clearly written and wonderful visuals for understanding all the intricacies of sustainable strategies.
I highly recommend this book to anyone learning about passive solar; passive heating and cooling; sustainable building methods; geothermal; photovoltaics; and there are so many other great techniques in this book.
This is the text book for my Green Design class.

Shallow overview of green building; more like a checklist of what a designer should research. Good layout.
For a good comprehensive book, try Lechner's "Heating, Cooling, Lighting"